Between Spanish and English which language is more sofisticado o superior?

[poli]

Originally Posted by wayfarer

I will reply in English because that's the language I'm trying to improve the most in this period(instead of in this period, you may chose at the moment, because it is more natural- sounding. Corrections are very(instead of very welcome, use most welcome. In this case it sounds more like natural English) welcome. Undoubtly Spanish, and the other Latin (romance instead of Latin) languages, have a more complex grammar: in Spanish every verb has about one hundred different conjugations, while English verbs have only about ten different conjugations. In my opinion, the simplicity of a language it is a good thing: probably, English has become so popular also because its grammar is quite simple.

On the other hand, though, English is much more difficult when it comes to phonetics. In Latin languages, to every letter, or in a few cases to every group of two-three letters (French "eau"), it corresponds a determinate sound; in English there isn't an one-to-one correspondence between letters and sounds, and so you have to learn the pronunciation of each word separately. Surely I speak English worse than I write it. When I was in London last year, though, people understood me fairly well.

You write English well. Your errors are minor, and mostly stylistic.

[wayfarer]

Thank you Poli, I take note of your corrections!

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by Premium

It was very annoying that i couldn't do the French "r", which is odd because all Viennese people can do it.

That's interesting... I've always thought that German "r" is the same as French "r".

Originally Posted by Premium

Fortunately, Spanish is very easy regarding the phonetic as you said. The conjugation is a pain, though.

Not much harder than German conjugation though.

[Premium]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

That's interesting... I've always thought that German "r" is the same as French "r".

Fortunately, Spanish is very easy regarding the phonetic as you said. The conjugation is a pain, though.

Not much harder than German conjugation though.

It is, but my parents were immigrants and their native language has the same "r" like Spanish and Italian. So, i think it kind of had an influence on me.
In some regions in Germany, they roll the "r" like in Spanish, which is the case in Bayern and Nürnberg. In Austria, almost every region does it like the French "r", except Voralberg. I don't know about the Swiss German.
The German language has no subjuntivo and less tenses.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

I see. That's a problem solved in Spanish then.
However, German does have the Konjunktiv; it should help (sometimes).

[Premium]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

I see. That's a problem solved in Spanish then.
However, German does have the Konjunktiv; it should help (sometimes).

Fortunately, Albanian also has that lisp sound just like the European Spanish and English.
The "Konjunktiv" is just as rarely used as the "preterito anterior", only in the written language.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Hmm... I was thinking about the cases when it's used to talk about something that is not true or certain, to express doubt, to express wishes... all of those are mostly the same in Spanish, but it's an off-topic and I don't know that much German as to make a whole discussion about it.

[Villa]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar
That's interesting... I've always thought that German "r" is the same as French "r".

Fortunately, Spanish is very easy regarding the phonetic as you said. The conjugation is a pain, though.

Not much harder than German conjugation though.


Premium,

2/3 de todos los verbos españoles son regulares. Así que si sabes como conjugar tres verbos regulares españoles entonces puedes conjugar todos los verbos regulares españoles. Memorice cómo conjugar: hablar, comer y vivir.

Por ejemplo: yo hablo, tu hablas, usted habla, nosotros hablamos, ustedes hablan

Por supuesto es él habla, ella habla y ellos y ellas hablan(No es necesario repetir estos)

No te preocupes demasiado acerca de vosotros.

Ahora, tomemos como ejemplo el verbo regular amar to love.
Porque sabes conjugar hablar puedes conjugar amar.

yo amo
tu amas
usted ama
nosotros amamos
ustedes aman

Ahora Premium, haga lo mismo con comer y vivir.

[Premium]

Originally Posted by Villa

Premium,

2/3 de todos los verbos españoles son regulares. Así que si sabes como conjugar tres verbos regulares españoles entonces puedes conjugar todos los verbos regulares españoles. Memorice cómo conjugar: hablar, comer y vivir.

Por ejemplo: yo hablo, tu hablas, usted habla, nosotros hablamos, ustedes hablan

No te preocupes demasiado acerca de vosotros.

Ahora, tomemos como ejemplo el verbo regular amar to love.
Porque sabes conjugar hablar puedes conjugar amar.

yo amo
tu amas
usted ama
nosotros amamos
ustedes aman

Pues vivo en Europa, yo aprendí la forma de vosotros también. En primer lugar yo era muy nervioso pero ahora sé las conjugaciónes.
Lo siento por mis errores.

[Villa]

Originally Posted by Premium

Pues vivo en Europa, yo aprendí la forma de vosotros también. En primer lugar yo era muy nervioso pero ahora sé las conjugaciónes.
Lo siento por mis errores.

A ver si puedes hacerlo ahora Premium. Pon vosotros también si quieres.

Conjuga estos verbos en el presente:

ayudar
bailar
cambiar
cantar